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Last month Carillion, the United Kingdom’s second-largest construction and outsourcing firm, went into liquidation. It employed 43,000 people and had 2017 revenues of 5.2 billion…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230001
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Health reform in Chile.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243714
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Nearly 50 million tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) was generated last year but only 20% was recycled. China generates the most but the EU leads both e-waste per person and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242578
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The government is attaching high hopes to its digitalisation strategy to stimulate economic growth, increase government efficiency and improve people's quality of life. Despite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225526
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The rules governing both management of and payouts from private retirement funds (AFORES) are being revised substantially, and employers are footing the bill.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254395
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This marks the first significant change of policy following the death in January of former Sultan Qaboos, after half a century in power. Qaboos’s Oman began as a highly…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254806
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Cambodia economic challenges and reform outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207796
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The economy, however, is in dire straits. Widespread shortages of everyday supplies are reminiscent of the crisis that followed collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. Economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254181
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PPE includes garments to protect workers from infection, such as masks, gloves, goggles and gowns. The market was valued at USD53bn in 2019 and is expected to exceed USD90bn in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254309
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The same day, the government ordered an administrative intervention into one of Colombia’s largest private healthcare providers (EPSs), EPS Sanitas, citing financial mismanagement…